Posted on 11 July 2008 by urbangardencasual.com
By Cindy Haas
A friend has begun making small themed gardens in planter boxes as gifts, and I was lucky enough to see one recently.
It was pretty and very much appreciated by its recipient.
The one I saw was a salad garden, and a planter box which was 2 feet by 8 inches wide grows enough lettuces to make a salad for two at least twice a week. Here’s what you’ll need to make your own salad garden in a box:
- an oblong planter box- the ones I have are plastic
- a mixture of potting soil and manure
- a combination of several or all of the following seeds: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 28 May 2008 by urbangardencasual.com
By Cindy Naas
My favorite thing about growing my own vegetables is the amazing salads I can make.
Salad season is my favourite time of the year. Mine starts out with the early lettuces and spinach and keeps right on through till the last chard and arugula have been eaten in the fall.
Here are some good bets for growing your best salads ever.
Greens
One of the easiest ways for an urban gardener to grow fresh salads is to plant mesclun, a mix of various lettuces, greens and herbs. This is easily grown in containers if you don’t have the room for narrow rows. I plant several long planting boxes with mesclun seed mix.
Mesclun is good because Read the rest of this entry »
